About The Performance Management Function and Team
This role sits within the Strategy, PMO and Performance Management for APAC Contract Logistics business. This function is predominantly focused on driving in-depth performance analysis of financial and commercial aspects of the logistics business. This will encompass monthly performance reviews, analysis of investment applications, driving the product budgeting process (regional head office and countries), on-going support of the business intelligence platforms, and support of special regional projects. In addition, this role will be leading contract management in the region to improve profitability through commercial excellence for sites of new and existing business.
The Function has been established to work with key stakeholders at all corporate levels (HO, RHO, countries) to ensure accurate and timely reporting and analysis of monthly results. This Function is also a crucial interface between various stakeholders to continually identify revenue leakage and commercial gaps to drive profitability improvements.
About The Job
This is a Managerial role reporting to the VP Strategy, PMO & Performance Management to enable profitable growth, good returns of investment and sound contractual management of CL businesses.
- Support for performance reviews at Regional level
- Deliver accurate and realistic budget planning and rolling forecast
- Maintain and provide support on business intelligence platform, financial reporting and billing systems
- Drive commercial excellence across functions to minimize exposures
- Point of contact for contract management process and governance
- Support timely renewal of existing customer contracts
- Maintain data integrity of master contract database
The role owner is required to have strong analytical skill, and the ability to interpret financial performance within internal and external business contexts through thorough analysis, recommend impactful actions and achieve the desired results.
The job requires logical and commercial sense approach, supported by solid understanding of financials and market conditions, and stakeholder management to ensure key decisions are made in timely manner leading toward achievement of performance targets.
Specific Accountabilities for this role
1. Performance Management & Business Analysis:
- Analyse financial and operational performance of APAC logistics customers through respective reporting platforms on monthly basis
- Provide on-going support and troubleshooting to reporting platforms (SAP AB/BI, LFS, FBI) as and when required
- Drive standardization of financial reporting and propose measures for continuous improvement of financial reporting accuracy
2. Investment Management
- Work closely with Clusters to build sound business case for investment. This includes validating and optimizing business cases, and validate contractual positions on terms and conditions for customers.
- Analyse investment applications for Logistics business proposals (new projects & renewals) and provide recommendation for approval
- Support and advise markets on the commercial aspects before an investment application is raised.
3. Business Planning & Budgeting
- Support and coordinate the Budget / Mid-Term Planning (MTP) and Rolling Forecast in alignment with global standards and procedures.
- Monitor and track one-time impacts that need to be considered in budget planning and forecasting.
- Work with other Contract Logistics functions to obtain holistic overview on financial impacts from respective function initiatives.
4. KEEP & Contract Management
- Maintain and ensure data accuracy of central customer contract database.
- Drive timely renewal of existing contracts by reflecting contract status in forward looking manner.
- Main point of contact for contract management process in alignment with global SOP
- Conduct deep dive analysis and diagnostics approach to reduce contract deficiencies.
- Review contractual and commercial solutions with stakeholders and provide measures to improve customers profitability
Requirements:
- Strong knowledge & experience in 3PL/Contract Logistics & Transportation industry
- Advanced financial analysis capability using MS Excel and other tools
- Ability to build and develop sound business cases
- Experience in planning and budgeting
- Good presentation and leadership skills
- Experience in commercial/contract management
- Fluent in English and other Asian/European languages is beneficial
- Working knowledge of business/data warehousing and visualization tools
- Knowledge of WMS and TMS systems and ability to extract reporting information
- Working knowledge of SAP FI, AB and BI
Why DB Schenker?
Competitive salary package
Opportunities for career growth and development, both locally & internationally
Supportive and collaborative team environment
Access to company-wide training programs and initiatives
What’s Next?
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